§ Veteran Batman artist and nice guy Norm Breyfogle has suffered a stroke, as reported by his ex-wife. He’s expected to make a full recovery but send good thoughts.

§ Wow Cool/ Alternative Comics recently suffered a break in robbery and a bunch of indie comics were stolen. Boy are they in for a surprise! You can see the whole list in the link, and some covers above. As Wow Cool is a distributor as well as a publisher, it wasn’t just Alternative Comics that were taken. You can help out by buying some books.

I consider it a really important part of my job because I feel like a kid who read “Adventure Time” is not just going to put down “Adventure Time” and call it a day. Well, maybe he or she is, but when I was a kid, I wanted to know everything. I looked at the ads in the back of my comics and was like, that looks really cool, I’m going to go get that. I had a gateway drug comic and it all spun out of that. I really want to kids to read “Adventure Time” and then read “Dinosaur Comics.” Or see a cover that they really like and seek out that person’s personal work. You don’t want to create a kids comics culture that’s just predicated on them buying “Adventure Time” because they love “Adventure Time” and then being done with comics. You want to create a situation where you have turned these kids onto this art form and now they’re checking out everything–or they’re making their own comics. Not everything is going to be to everybody’s taste, and so scouting new talent and interesting talent and people who are doing interesting things is just so, so important. Getting those people’s stuff in front of people’s eyes is essential and one of my favorite things about my job. I devote a lot of time and energy to that and a lot of time and energy to thinking about who’s going to bring the best to a certain book or concept. I’m lucky that I get to that. I’m really lucky BOOM! encourages me in that way.

§ Director Tim Burton helped kick off the “modern” superhero movie with Batman, but now he’s totally over it.

“Marvel, they have their thing and there’s a certain formula to it all which seems to still be working,” Burton told Yahoo Movies. “But how many times can you say ‘you’re wearing a funny costume’ with the tights and stuff? That’s been going on for 20 years now. Yes, we all know that superheroes are damaged individuals. Maybe we need to see a happy superhero?” Later in the same interview, he added “you think we need more superhero movies? It keeps on going. It’s amazing how long it’s been going for and it just keeps getting stronger and stronger. Some day people will get sick of it.”

§ BEST OF/FAVORITE COMICS OF 2014 LIST CORNER: Mental Floss has a list that goes from She Hulk to Study Group with conviction.

Heidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can be heard regularly on the More To Come Podcast. She likes coffee, cats and noble struggle.